enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Nonmanual feature - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonmanual_feature

    Nonmanual features in signed languages do not function the same way that general body language and facial expressions do in spoken ones. In spoken languages, they can give extra information but are not necessary for the receiver to understand the meaning of the utterance (for example, an autistic person may not use any facial expressions but still get their meaning across clearly, and people ...

  3. American manual alphabet - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_manual_alphabet

    The phonetics of verbal speech and sign language are similar because spoken dialect uses tone of voice to determine someone's mood and Sign Language uses facial expressions to determine someone's mood as well. Phonetics does not necessarily only relate to spoken language but it can also be used in American Sign Language (ASL) as well.

  4. American Sign Language - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language

    American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language [5] that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that is expressed by employing both manual and nonmanual features . [ 6 ]

  5. 'Everyone should learn basic sign language' - AOL

    www.aol.com/everyone-learn-basic-sign-language...

    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

  6. Expression (sign language) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expression_(sign_language)

    Signs with two different expressions. The pursed lips and partly closed eyes on the left, and raised lip on the right, are necessary for proper formation of the signs. In sign languages , expressions are the distinctive body postures and facial expressions that accompany signing, and which are necessary to properly form words.

  7. Signing Exact English - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_Exact_English

    The reason SEE-II signs vary from ASL is to add clarity so that the exact English word meant for the conversation is understood. For example- the sign for "car" in ASL is two "S" hands gesturing as if they are holding onto and moving a steering wheel. This is the same sign used for any automobile controlled by a steering wheel.

  8. AOL Mail

    mail.aol.com/?rp=webmail-std/en-us/basic

    Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!

  9. American Sign Language phonology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language...

    Six types of signs have been suggested: one-handed signs made without contact, one-handed signs made with contact (excluding on the other hand), symmetric two-handed signs (i.e. signs in which both hands are active and perform the same action), asymmetric two-handed signs (i.e. signs in which one hand is active and one hand is passive) where ...